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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Little Quilts

My Mom has been quilting since forever. I have attended quite a few quilt shows with her. I have been an honored recipient of a few of her quilts. And I have had challenge of making a couple with her too. She is a very good, kind, patient teacher. She has tried with me. The fault is all mine. I just am not at ease with a needle and thread unless there are beads involved. The first quilt I made with her was a Star Log Cabin. To help me along, she asked me to put a few beads on it. My breaking point was that damn rotary cutter...I had to cut 144 triangles. 144!!! TRIANGLES!!! I swore I would never quilt again. The next quilt we worked on was called Burgoyne Surrounded. There were 100 pieces in a 12" square. ONE HUNDRED PIECES in a TWELVE INCH SQUARE!!! I was done after that. Truly done. Mom understands. She still invites me on her quilt weekends and I bead and the quilters quilt and there is peace. Cynthia came last year :-D We had a great time!

It is no wonder some of these quilts seeped into my brain. I sleep under 2 of them these winter nights. They were bound to make an appearance in my beadwork at some point. I am not sure if these designs are specific quilt patterns. I think they probably are not. Maybe someday soon I will take some actual quilt patterns and bead them. Maybe I should start with Star Log Cabin and Burgoyne Surrounded. Maybe you will join me?

On Monday, I showed you these Little Quilt Bracelets :

I made two others, because I wasn't ready to stop yet.

This one is a sampler. I used the same 4 colors, but each square is different then the next.

I linked this next one as diamonds instead of squares. I like it!

I have a strong feeling these Lil' Q Bracelets will be showing up often in my stash :-)

13 comments:

These are so perfectly you my friend! I can absolutely see the influence of your mom and the quilters here, and it is peacefully beautiful. The second I saw this I thought of how much your mom's group would love these! You might have to show me how so we can gift a few to them ... :)

I love them! And how funny is it that you can play all day with hundreds and hundreds of tiny beads, but the thought of cutting 144 triangles is enough to send you around the bend? I feel your pain...it's not that we're crazy, it's just that we all have our own particular brand of crazy!

I got my start with quilting, too. Never did get the hang of it. I think it's the rules, the following of a pattern. (So not my thing.) My grandma also tried to teach me to crochet. Unsuccessfully. But embroidery, that stuck.

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